Same here. Kowloon Walled City is one of the few things that make me wish I were born a decade earlier or so. Oh well, I did Chunking Mansions instead when I lived in HK, that was a similar experience.
Same! I was only a dumb teenager when this movie hit theaters. I thought this whole scene was nothing more than a Hollywood stage, similar to the flashback of Kyle Reese's walkthrough of a human hideout in post-apocalyptic America in 1984's "The Terminator." I wish I had known I was looking at a legendary piece of history, and given it the proper respect it deserves.
What he says in Cantonese at 0:30：「呢兩個係黎打擂台既美國拳手，你可唔可以帶我地去?」, my translation is: "They are the boxers from the USA, can you bring us in?" Then then the old man responds them "OK, USA!" with thumb -.-b
@@swolzer😂😂😂 Get real. Those buildings were completely unsafe for one, and whatever money they could have made from movies would have been piddling. While it still existed only a couple of movies ever filmed there. 😂
Juntao, in 1987 before the Walled City was taken down, its population density was 1,923,077 people per square kilometre. Actually today, there are dozens of areas in Hong Kong that have a higher population density than 139,100 people per square km. This is why being from Canada, I find it so tough to survive here in Hong Kong.
I wish it still existed. I know it was an eyesore from the outside, but it had a certain character and grit to it that few other places even come close to. A culture that will never be experienced again.
@@sdgc8667Nope. It was a completely unique place of its time. There's slums all over the world, but only in Hong Kong did you have the population density that meant they had to build taller slums.
damnnn honestly as shitty as it looks i wish i was around to experience that i mean I'm just so curious at how it would've been like to grow up in a place like that
No you don't...lol. But if you want a glimpse into that life, go and live in any of the housing projects in this country, preferably a high rise (like Marcy in Brooklyn). Cabrini-Green (where Good Times was supposed to take place) was torn down. It was the most dangerous. However, I'm sure the Walled City was far more dangerous.
If you find yourself in an area with a population density of 3.2 million people per square mile when the Zombie apocalypse happens... Well good luck, man
Yes, that's right, you couldn't see the sun once you went in. Even the Hong Kong police didn't want to go in there. Now it is gone, there was a big fire and in the 1990's what was left was torn down. Today it is a park to memoralize The Walled City, the most densly populated place ever to exist on Earth.
was the kowloon district a tourist center, or the ghetto of hong kong (the way, say, compton is to LA) i know the walled city was taken down in the early 90's, but the neighboring buildings look like the ones in hard boiled and infernal affairs.
@starworshipper Yeah, you got me. It wasn't a joke. I throughly believed this movie was about a Belgian being carted around Hong Kong while everyone assumes he's an American. It was in no way an easy and common joke about Jean Claude Van Damme's habit of playing Americans while never once affecting anything resembling an American accent. Furthermore, I just cannot fathom why everyone in "True Lies" believe the Austrian bodybuilder is a US spy. You have exposed my deep dark secret, sir.
It is a level in Shadowrun Hong Kong. You visit the walled city a couple of times. I never got around to beating the game because the dialogue is just way too much and uninteresting but I think at the very end of the game the showdown is in Kowloon Walled City.
No, thats wrong. Hashima Island was the most desly populated place worlwide. Its population density was 835 people per hectare (83,500 people/km^2) for the whole island, or 1,391 per hectare (139,100 people/km^2) for the residential district.
Taken directly from wiki: n 1959, its population density was 835 people per hectare (83,500 people/km^2) for the whole island, or 1,391 per hectare (139,100 people/km^2) for the residential district, the highest population density ever recorded worldwide
I won’t enter in the kowloon wall city when inside the people always staying alert all the time if any of the crimes appear at somewhere but even one day if anyone wants to go outside of wall city, that might be very difficult to find a way out from this dark corridor!
I love that idea however it is not original. Japan had used that setting in many horror films, one of the prized each is Kakurenbo, appears in quite a lot of horror games too, the most obvious one is Kowloon's Gate.
Juntao3d, I agree with you that you should trust wiki more than some random youtube dude, that's good advice. I have checked out wiki. It does say what you said, but it must mean a completely definable place such as an island, province, or country. I assure you that no less than 7 areas of the city of Hong Kong have a population density higher than that, wiki 'Mong Kok'. I bet Hong Kong itself, has a population density of over 200,000. By the way, I have written many articles for Wiki.
I just copy and pasted this info about the Walled City directly from Widipedia. 'it had 50,000 inhabitants on 0.026 km², and therefore a very high population density of 1,923,077/km².' Search 'Walled City Kowloon' if you don't believe me. Remember that Wikipedia is the most inaccurate major Encyclopedia in the world. It has to be if they let people like me write it!
Ok... I have to ask, how is that when they are moving forward there's no light on the top, but when they show the American actors following up, theres cool spotlights in a row?
@yalscufdupmyjordans If you're curious what it's like, look for a copy of the book "City of Darkness: Life in Kowloon Walled City". It's 80 bucks on Amazon and free if you torrent it. Highly recommended.
Great scene and great soundtrack.Its only a Film,i know.But this place is the hell on earth.A real nightmare for us cosseted Europeans.So dark and creepy.Impressive.
This is NOT acurate of what Kowloon really was - yes, it was dark and dirty and wet, but the people were a community, they were happy even in poverty, because kowloon was outside the law and government, and the people were free.
I don't understand how this isn't "accurate." This scene doesn't really show any inhabitants. The footage is real and the people shown inside were actual locals. Once they reach the tournament gates is where the real footage ends.
wikipedia that shit then mate. Wikipedia says Hashima Islands was the most desnly populate place. I trust wiki more than I could ever trust some random youtube dude.
Those guys got to hang out in a colourful piece of history. I'm jealous of the experience.
Same here. Kowloon Walled City is one of the few things that make me wish I were born a decade earlier or so. Oh well, I did Chunking Mansions instead when I lived in HK, that was a similar experience.
Lol I hang out alot in places of history in my city because of how they keep demolished everything every two years
Well they couldn't keep Kowloon walled city
i wouldnt want to live here to be honest. id visit for part of a day but thats it
Heck yeah...I'm SUPER jealous of the experience.
This completely went over my head as a kid. Weird seeing it now having read up on the walled city!
Same! I was only a dumb teenager when this movie hit theaters. I thought this whole scene was nothing more than a Hollywood stage, similar to the flashback of Kyle Reese's walkthrough of a human hideout in post-apocalyptic America in 1984's "The Terminator." I wish I had known I was looking at a legendary piece of history, and given it the proper respect it deserves.
What he says in Cantonese at 0:30：「呢兩個係黎打擂台既美國拳手，你可唔可以帶我地去?」, my translation is: "They are the boxers from the USA, can you bring us in?"
Then then the old man responds them "OK, USA!" with thumb -.-b
-.-
They should have left a tiny piece of the Walled City standing to be used as a movie set. Man, so eerie. So beautiful in a twisted, cyberpunk way.
pretty sure it inspired cyberpunk city scapes, no way it didnt
yep they did not think it through. if they left a small piece of this city it would bring HUGE cash from tourism and film making.
@@swolzer😂😂😂 Get real. Those buildings were completely unsafe for one, and whatever money they could have made from movies would have been piddling. While it still existed only a couple of movies ever filmed there. 😂
@@zippymufo9765 my point still stands
@@swolzer You never had a point to begin with, so how can it stand? 😂
I remember the feeling of despair, desolation and fear i felt the first time i watched this scene.
OKAY USA
It's so eerie, yet beautiful. I was only 4 when they tore it down, sadly. Kowloon was somewhere I wanted to visit so badly. The mazes are mysterious.
Juntao, in 1987 before the Walled City was taken down, its population density was 1,923,077 people per square kilometre. Actually today, there are dozens of areas in Hong Kong that have a higher population density than 139,100 people per square km. This is why being from Canada, I find it so tough to survive here in Hong Kong.
woooo~ never heard of such nice record of the walled city~
Watch the videos..
This is Kawloon, but it's a cleaned up version of Kawloon..
i bet that scared and surprised look in van damme's face wasn't acted at all
wow never noticed that they where really freaked out haha.
Too bad they tore it down. The Walled City was the inspiration for the Narrows of Gotham City in Batman Begins.
I wish it still existed. I know it was an eyesore from the outside, but it had a certain character and grit to it that few other places even come close to. A culture that will never be experienced again.
It'll probably come back eventually maybe in a couple hundred years
as they said in a film strongly inspired by this place: all those moments will be lost in time... like... tears in rain.
@@sdgc8667Nope. It was a completely unique place of its time. There's slums all over the world, but only in Hong Kong did you have the population density that meant they had to build taller slums.
imagine how awesome it would be if you could walk the streets of that city. too sick
Cyberpunk come to life
Wow I can't imagine how scary this place is.
I never thought the Kowloon park I have once visited used to be a City....
wow this place is just fascinating...it competely reminds me of this fantasy book I read once...
実在してたと思うと凄く恐ろしい…
damnnn honestly as shitty as it looks i wish i was around to experience that i mean I'm just so curious at how it would've been like to grow up in a place like that
me too I don't know why I'm so fascinated by it and have been ever since I watched this movie as a kid
Same it fascinates me alot
No you don't...lol.
But if you want a glimpse into that life, go and live in any of the housing projects in this country, preferably a high rise (like Marcy in Brooklyn).
Cabrini-Green (where Good Times was supposed to take place) was torn down. It was the most dangerous.
However, I'm sure the Walled City was far more dangerous.
I know how does it feels like.
@@cheetu8441 what's it like?
wow can u believe this city was almost completely illuminated just by lamps as not even sunlight could pass?
"Ok USA!"
I guess they didn't have the heart to tell him that the white dude was from Belgium.
That is a pretty realistic depiction of the city's insides, but too empty.
THIS is how I imagine hive cities in warhammer 40k
I just imagined being a part of the film crew.... getting camera equipment in and out of there would have been a trick!
OKAY USA!
friggin CLASSIC!
dam i want to study more about the walled city T_T Kinda wish they left the shell undemolished
This is what made Shenmue II so f'n good.
Thank you for coming clean, sir.
walled city would make a great setting for a monster or zombie movie.
Lol there is a 2006 Hong Kong movie set in a fictional nightmarish version of Kowloon walled city
@@joetrump2983 what's the movies name, if u know it?
If you find yourself in an area with a population density of 3.2 million people per square mile when the Zombie apocalypse happens... Well good luck, man
what about a cat game?
1:31 The speech part stuck in my head for years! even though I have no clue of its meaning.
I would really appreciate a formal translation! 🙏
33,000 people living in 6.5 acres. (1/100 of a mile)
Only Jean Cluade Van Damme, would have the nuts to enter Kowloon's walled city
Yes, that's right, you couldn't see the sun once you went in. Even the Hong Kong police didn't want to go in there. Now it is gone, there was a big fire and in the 1990's what was left was torn down. Today it is a park to memoralize The Walled City, the most densly populated place ever to exist on Earth.
Brilliant scene! 10/10
holy shit i forgot about this scene, I've been reading about Kowloon for a while dammit lol
i must have watched this movie 20 times when i was a kid.. oddly i don't remember any of this lol.
I TOTALLY FORGOT about this !! didn´t remember that Kowloon was in Bloodsport !
the ominous music combined with all the random everyday conversation topics in the bg is weirdly hilarious
Kowloon..city of secrets, city of darkness...may her memories live on & may she RIP indeed! 🤔
that is incredible...
so sorry that there is no more walled city in Hong Kong, otherwise I would love to travel there just to visit Kowloon
If you don't go to the center, you won't see sunlight, a person who only worked, slept and ate felt like he was in hell.
Imagine rats biting you at night, and that pretty much sums up the jist of it.
Kickass data centre.
1:11 The Devil is going to get you in trouble.
1:11 Policia
1:22 He would think it's meth
1:42 It's the bubble buddy
was the kowloon district a tourist center, or the ghetto of hong kong (the way, say, compton is to LA) i know the walled city was taken down in the early 90's, but the neighboring buildings look like the ones in hard boiled and infernal affairs.
So Jean Claude van Damme, Ogre and the other guy go into the city, this is no joke!
@starworshipper Yeah, you got me. It wasn't a joke. I throughly believed this movie was about a Belgian being carted around Hong Kong while everyone assumes he's an American. It was in no way an easy and common joke about Jean Claude Van Damme's habit of playing Americans while never once affecting anything resembling an American accent. Furthermore, I just cannot fathom why everyone in "True Lies" believe the Austrian bodybuilder is a US spy. You have exposed my deep dark secret, sir.
I always assumed that Frank Dux was just a naturalized citizen. Most immigrants still have their accents even after being awarded citizenship.
This would be a cool level on the upcoming Hong Kong Shadowrun game, but the government tore it down in RL and bulit a park over it.
It is a level in Shadowrun Hong Kong. You visit the walled city a couple of times. I never got around to beating the game because the dialogue is just way too much and uninteresting but I think at the very end of the game the showdown is in Kowloon Walled City.
@@XiloChannel Played it..... creepy game man.
No, thats wrong. Hashima Island was the most desly populated place worlwide. Its population density was 835 people per hectare (83,500 people/km^2) for the whole island, or 1,391 per hectare (139,100 people/km^2) for the residential district.
Taken directly from wiki: n 1959, its population density was 835 people per hectare (83,500 people/km^2) for the whole island, or 1,391 per hectare (139,100 people/km^2) for the residential district, the highest population density ever recorded worldwide
America is a very important country, OK USA!
Still probably a good idea to protect your nuts though.
what was inside? a fighting arena?
I won’t enter in the kowloon wall city when inside the people always staying alert all the time if any of the crimes appear at somewhere but even one day if anyone wants to go outside of wall city, that might be very difficult to find a way out from this dark corridor!
I mean the real city area of Hong Kong, not the special administration region of Hong Kong which includes all of its territory.
I love that idea however it is not original. Japan had used that setting in many horror films, one of the prized each is Kakurenbo, appears in quite a lot of horror games too, the most obvious one is Kowloon's Gate.
we need a 3d map of the whole structure
It was essentially a ghetto...Kowloon itself (at least many of its parts) can be said to be Hong Kong's gheto.
I stayed in Kowloon on a stop-over 2010, it was very much a ghetto
NO JOKE MAN
No Joke Man
Juntao3d, I agree with you that you should trust wiki more than some random youtube dude, that's good advice. I have checked out wiki. It does say what you said, but it must mean a completely definable place such as an island, province, or country. I assure you that no less than 7 areas of the city of Hong Kong have a population density higher than that, wiki 'Mong Kok'. I bet Hong Kong itself, has a population density of over 200,000. By the way, I have written many articles for Wiki.
I just copy and pasted this info about the Walled City directly from Widipedia. 'it had 50,000 inhabitants on 0.026 km², and therefore a very high population density of 1,923,077/km².' Search 'Walled City Kowloon' if you don't believe me. Remember that Wikipedia is the most inaccurate major Encyclopedia in the world. It has to be if they let people like me write it!
*cough* they weren't happy.
Watch the translated german documentary about Kowloon.
anybody know what he is saying in chinese?
I thought Bruce Greene from Funhaus is in this movie
Oh in black ops i wish that the Woods dude could say to the UK guy Ok USA
Well I'm glad thats cleard up. :P
As cool of a place as kowloon was....imagine if that place caught fire...and started to burn out of control.
Most dense place
jajja q fuerte un camion de san miguel en hong kong no sabia que fuera tan internacional xD
but Kowloon Walled City has 1.900.000 people/km²
Its time to protect your nuts guys..
Him and Chuck Norris...
Ok... I have to ask, how is that when they are moving forward there's no light on the top, but when they show the American actors following up, theres cool spotlights in a row?
because filmmaking
juntao3d,
kowloon walled city had 1.900.000 people/km², so you're not even close with that mate.
Name film?
@yalscufdupmyjordans If you're curious what it's like, look for a copy of the book "City of Darkness: Life in Kowloon Walled City". It's 80 bucks on Amazon and free if you torrent it. Highly recommended.
Who else is watching in 2020 😂
I was there on Friday. Took my cousin there.
Kowloon would have been terrific for a backrooms video.
@capyle1981
Yeah right.. If it was, than it was a bad joke dude
Great scene and great soundtrack.Its only a Film,i know.But this place is the hell on earth.A real nightmare for us cosseted Europeans.So dark and creepy.Impressive.
Was demolished in 1993.
IT IS TIME TO PROTECT YOUR NUTS.
@HLM190586
That was the joke, dude.
sad
This is NOT acurate of what Kowloon really was - yes, it was dark and dirty and wet, but the people were a community, they were happy even in poverty, because kowloon was outside the law and government, and the people were free.
I don't understand how this isn't "accurate." This scene doesn't really show any inhabitants. The footage is real and the people shown inside were actual locals. Once they reach the tournament gates is where the real footage ends.
Who said the people weren’t happy?
Ofc. it's accurate. It's just footage of an alley. Your imagination must have ran wild?
Ok usa
Damn, and you thought Cabrini Green was a fucked-up place....
Here’s the theme song www.rappad.co/editor/747612
Just say my name.
fuckin love this movie!! AMERIKA A- OKAY!
wikipedia that shit then mate. Wikipedia says Hashima Islands was the most desnly populate place. I trust wiki more than I could ever trust some random youtube dude.